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 ETHNOLOGY 



"Tcoxo iamxEmEla'lEina. TamEliyta Xak ugE'q;'eLxam." " TinLa'- 



-'■ "Well I wish to buy it from you. I shall give you that my coat." "They 



f) utama-e Lq;'eLxa/pukc." "K;a tcoxo, iamElo'ta igica'ok." 



"^ are lying about coats." "And well, 1 shall give you my blanket." 



o "E'kta iiigEla/xo eo'k. O'xii-e tga'okc." '< Tcoxo, iamElo'ta 



"What shall I do with it blaaket. Many my blankets." "Well, I shall give you 



4 itcE'mctaa." "E'kta iiigEla'xo iE'mctaa. Lo'nas a'xani-y- o'miqctit 



my hat. ' "What shall 1 do with it a hat. Perhaps many your lice ' 



go ime'nicta." "Tciix, taniElo'ta tgE'kcia." ''E'kta anigukue'xa 



^ in yourhat." "Well, I shall give them my hands. ' "What shall I do with them 



to you 



n tEme'kcia. x-ite'k nai'ka wiXt tgE'kcia." "ISri'xua, a'xkja XaX 



your hands. These I also my hands." "Well, pull it out this 



opa/owil!" No'ya-y- utc; aktc; a'k, aga'xk;a qaX opiVowil. Nau'i 



' bunch of grass I ' She went the eagle, she pulled it out that bunch of grass. At once 



o Laq a'qxax. "Tea! a'niElaxta a'xk;ax." No'ya-y- ok;uno', qe'xtce; 



" comeout it did. "Now you next pull it out." She went the crow intending; 



qe'xtce aya'xk;a. Nakct Laq a'qxax. "Tcoxo, cgE'xost ctaraElo'ta; 



9 intending she pulled it out. Not comeout it did. "Well, my ej-es I shall give them 



to you ; 



-,/. go2 kula'i, a'nqate i'kta amia'qxamt." "E'kta iiicgEla'xo cqoct. 



then tar already something you see it." "What shall I do with them eyes. 



-11 x'icte'k wiXt nai'ka cgE'xokct." "Kja tcoxo, niLEDge'qsta." Xaq; 



These also I my eyes." "And well, louse me." Naq; 



-,„ o'qXukcti Lga'qame. "Tcox mai'ka Lamge'qsta." A'lta LagE'kXeqst 



-'■■^ her lice her plate full. "Well you I louse you." Now she lou.sed her 



ok;nno'. A'lta e'ewam a'tcax ok;uno'. Ala'xti nao'ptit. Aqiu'cgam 



-»■<-' the crow. Now sleepy she became the crow. At last she fell asleep. It was taken 



itca'kunat ok;uno'. Agio'cgain utc; aktcj a'k. Aqa'lEgitk upa'owil 



14 her salmon the crow's. She took it the eagle. It was put inCo a bunch of 



1 rr Lga'cgo-ic. Aqa'yuk"T[ itca'kunat k"ca'xale go-y- e'maktc. NaxE'l'oko, 



her mat. It was carried her salmon up on spruce tree. She awoke, 



-,(> a'lta k"ca'xale itca'kunat aqixe'lax. la'xkati ka nuquna'-itix-. 



now up her salmon it was eaten. There then she fell down. 



^^ "Qana'xtcT oe'mopla manit'o'La," ka acilga'ox. AqaqL; uwa'ema 



1' "Please the gills throw them down to and she lay on her They were thrown [soft 



me," back. things) down to her 



oe'mopla k;a Lga'xEmakikct. A'21ta na'Xko, uagE'tsax ok;uno'. 



1" the gills and its roe. Now she went home, she cried the crow. 



NaXko'mam go tE'LaqL. No'plam. Lxela'etix-L,ga'a. Ak^o'lEktc qo'La 



19 She arrived at at their house. She came in. There were her chil- She roasted it that 



home dren. 



LgEma'kikct: "Ai'aq ma'ya Ltcuq," axgE'qxun ugo'xo. "Ome'xa-y- oc." 



20 roe: "Quick, go for water," the eldest one her "The next is there." 



daughter. one 



21 WiXt ago'lXam ae'Xat ugo'xo: "Ma'ya Ltcuq." "Ome'xa-y- oc." 



Again she said to her one her daughter: " Go for water." "Thenextone isthere." 



WiXt ago'lXam ae'Xat ugo'xo: "Ma'ya Ltcuq." "Ome'xa -y-oc." 



Again she said to hei one her daughter: " Go for water." "Thenextone isthere." 



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LEla'ktikc akLo'lXam qe'xtce. A'lta qaX ogue's'ax ugo'xo no'ya 



•^3 Four she said to them intending. Now that youngest one her she went 



daughter for 



r,. Ltcuq. AkLE'tk"qam Ltcuq. A'lta q;oa'p Lo'ktcikta itca'lEktcala. 



•^4 water. She arrived bringing water. Now nearly it was done what she roasted. 



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A'lta naxEme'2nako. "TakE na tkjop anE'xax?" "E'ka Lai." 



Now she washed her face. "Then [int. part.] white I became?" "Thus black." 



WiXt naxEme'nako. WiXt akLuwa'amtcxoko tga'a. ALgo'lXam: 



Again she washed her face. Again she a.sked them herohildreu. They said to her: 



27 "eka Liil." TakE atco'pEua ikoale'x-oa, atcLo'cgam itca'lEktcal. 



"Thus black." Then he jumped the raven, he took it what she roasted. 



